Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984 
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco 
Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986! 
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984 
Transformers Action Cards Only $0.79/each at JCPenny in 1985
December 13, 1985. Milton Bradley's Transformers Action Cards (see the TFWiki) were non-sport Transformers trading cards back in the eighties,...
Select Convertors and Transformers Comic Books at ShopKo
January 20, 1985. I uncovered this advertisement in the Sioux City Journal newspaper and was instantly certain of one thing:...
Transformers Coloring Books on Sale in 1985
Yesterday's ad for Star Wars coloring books got me to thinking, and a quick search of the newspaper archives soon...
Comic Book 3-Pack for only $0.68 in 1981
January 14, 1981. Alexandria, Louisiana, Town Talk newspaper. I remember getting comic packs at the grocery store and various other...
Kenner Star Wars, Care Bears, and Strawberry Shortcake Coloring Books on Sale at Payless in 1985
July 28, 1985. Two years after the release of Return of the Jedi, we find this ad block for Return...
Autobot Communicator at Warehouse of Toys in 1985
December 8, 1985. I shared a different newspaper ad for Blaster last year, meaning that we're now starting to build...
Hasbro’s G.I. Joe “As Seen on TV”
December 8, 1985. That Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper archive is one hell of a find! So many awesome toy advertisements...
GoBots Command Center, Super GoBots, and Omega Supreme
October 23, 1985. The Saint George, Utah, Daily Spectrum newspaper certainly knows how to capture the attention of a kid...